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April 9, 2017April 9, 2017

Fighting ICE with Fire

Still a hot-button issue, immigration is still a major topic for government officials. While most of the country is dealing with this topic in various ways, Mississippi has a changing landscape on its policies and there are very real stakes for many of its inhabitants under this new administration.

A growing Asian community is now becoming a bigger part of Mississippi’s cultural diversity and immigration intake and while there are some who are dedicating time to study it, such as Shaolu Yu, an instructor at Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee, legislators and officials seem completely committed to focusing on immigration coming from Mexico and other Latin American countries as well as countries in the Middle East, despite trends and studies showing that Asian immigrants are coming more frequently.

While there is no clear sign of things to come, there are groups on both sides that are trying to do what they feel is best for the people already here and continue to set a precedent for others that wish to come to the United States.